Margate (painting)

Margate
ArtistJ.M.W. Turner
Year1808
TypeOil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions90 cm × 120.5 cm (35 in × 47.4 in)
LocationPetworth House, Sussex

Margate is an 1808 landscape painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner. It depicts a view of the harbour of Margate in Kent. Turner had links with the town from his early years having stayed with relatives and attended a local school.

The work was displayed at Turner's own studio in Queen Anne Street in Marylebone rather than at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1808 at Somerset House in London.[1] Turner had previously displayed another, smaller view Old Margate Pier at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1804.[2] The painting was acquired by the art collector Earl of Egremont for his country estate at Petworth House in Sussex. Today it remains in the collection of Petworth along with several other works by Turner, although since 1984 formal ownership has transferred to the Tate Galleries.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/margate-202275
  2. ^ Spencer-Longhurst p.35
  3. ^ https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-margate-t03876

Bibliography

  • Bailey, Anthony. J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2013.
  • Cusack, Tricia. Art and Identity at the Water's Edge. Routledge, 2012.
  • Shanes, Eric. The Life and Masterworks of J.M.W. Turner. Parkstone International, 2012.
  • Spencer-Longhurst, Paul. The Sun Rising Through Vapour: Turner's Early Seascapes. Third Millennium Information, 2003.
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